Article provided by ENSafrica On 15 March 2020, the South African President declared a national state of disaster in terms of the Disaster Management Act, 2002. A number of measures have since been implemented by the government to counteract the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19), and several regulations, directives and guidelines have consequently been published. […]
Article by P Assenmacher (Assenmacher Brandt Attorneys) On 15 March 2020 President Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster in terms of the Disaster Management Act, No. 57 of 2002 (“DMA”), and subsequent thereto published a number of regulations in terms of the DMA and the State of Emergency Act, No. 64 of 1997. The […]
Article by Herklaas Oberholster (Legal Advisor in Labour Department Seesa) Now and again, a pandemic takes the world by storm. From the “Spanish Flu”, the 1918 influenza epidemic to the more recent swine flu outbreak of 2009. Each brought with it its hysteria and pandemonium. The present-day cause of great concern and panic that has […]
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Article provided by AZ Trading South Africa is aligning to international standards of privacy and POPIA is becoming legally effective in 2020, an Act that promotes transparency around how information is collected and handled, this openness is likely to increase customer confidence in an organisation. However, this also means that as an organisation you need […]
Article by Werner Brückner (SEESA) The Information Regulator has tabled the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Regulations in Parliament on 03 December 2018 and the Regulations were published in the Government Gazette on 14 December 2018. The new POPI regulations have an impact on processing personal information for the purpose of direct marketing. Regulation 6 […]
Article provided by SEESA Employers often face the issue of employees not giving sufficient notice of termination of services as prescribed by the Act. This does not give employers sufficient time to find a proper replacement or to provide the necessary training for the replacement and can in some instances lead to a loss of […]
Article provided by SEESA The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPI) which was signed into law on the 19th of November 2013 introduces the definition of an “Information Officer” as:
